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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » [obsolete rank] - elevate included Orders to Class (Entognatha) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Arthropleona) » Isotomidae » Isotoma » Isotoma viridis
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equal size greenish (English translation) - Isotoma viridis
Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

equal size greenish (English translation) - Isotoma viridis
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
March 27, 2007
Size: about 2.5 mm

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 31 March, 2007 - 8:00pm

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the toma part means "cut", here as in "cut into divisions". It's the same root as in medical terms like appendectomy ("cutting out of the appendix"). So really it's more like "cut equally"- the same idea, but expressed differently.
… Chuck Entz, 1 April, 2007 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Beg to differ...
'toma' in 'isotoma' is derived from the latin word 'tomus', or the greek 'tomos', meaning 'part'. The 'toma' refers in fact to the result of 'cutting', not to the cutting itself : the part being cut. Think of the french 'Tome I' (= Volume I, of a series of books making one work). Think of 'entomology' = 'in-parts-knowledge', or free translated 'the knowledge of animals that are builtup in parts'. 'insects' = 'in-sections', this is more close to what you mean: a section is the result of a cutting.
Therefore, I would like to emend your 'cut equally' to 'cut in equal parts' or better 'parted equally'. In fact the body of Collembola is not cut at all but it is made up of equally sized parts ;-)
… Frans Janssens, 2 April, 2007 - 3:38pm login or register to post comments

 
I knew you would clarify for me, Chuck.
:-)
… Jim McClarin, 1 April, 2007 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

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